Sources of pollution in rooftop rainwater harvesting systems and their control

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 2097-2167

  Abbasi, T ^a   Abbasi, S A ^a  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Microbiological contamination; Pollutants; Rainwater harvesting; Rooftop harvest; Treatment; Water quality

Indexed keywords

MICROBIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATION; POLLUTANTS; RAIN WATER HARVESTING; ROOFTOP HARVEST; TREATMENT;

HARVESTING; POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

QUALITY CONTROL;

METAL; METALLOID; RAIN;

HARVESTING; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RAINWATER; ROOF; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ACID RAIN; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FILTER; GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PROCEDURES AND TECHNIQUES; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; QUALITY CONTROL; RAINWATER HARVESTING; ROOFTOP HARVESTING; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 80755143286     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: 15476537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643389.2010.497438     Document Type: Article

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